ECONJEFF

A long pondered but only lately realized blog about economics, politics, evaluation, econometrics, academia, college football and whatever else comes to mind.

Sunday, September 21, 2025

Statistical software visual pun

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Hat tip: An old friend.

Thursday, September 4, 2025

Book: Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again by Katherine Angel

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Angel, Katherine. 2022. Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again: Women and Desire in the Age of Consent . Verso. The book presents a critique of cur...

Oh dear [insert deeply disturbing noises here]

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Hat tip: The only person for whom I have written a letter who has also written a letter for me.

Sunday, August 31, 2025

Book: Nine Nasty Words, English in the Gutter: Then, Now, and Forever by John McWhorter

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McWhorter, John. 2021. Nine Nasty Words, English in the Gutter: Then, Now, and Forever. Avery Books. John McWhorter teaches linguistics at ...

Thursday, August 21, 2025

Book: Learn to Write Badly: How to Succeed in the Social Sciences by Michael Billig

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Billig, Michael. 2013. Learn to Write Badly: How to Succeed in the Social Sciences. New York: Cambridge University Press. I read this one ...

Tuesday, August 19, 2025

Book: The Voltage Effect, by John List

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List, John. 2022. The Voltage Effect: How to Make Good Ideas Great and Great Ideas Scale. Currency. This is another one of those books by p...

Society of Labor Economists Call for Papers

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The call for papers for the next annual meeting of the Society of Labor Economists is now available! The meetings will be in Denver on May 1...

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